Childhood Antibiotics Rx Tied to Weight Gain Through Adolescence
Study finds link between repeated use in children and slightly higher weights in teen years
FDA Approves Onivyde for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
To be used in combination with fluorouracil/leucovorin for advanced disease
AMA: Eight Reasons for Nonadherence to Medications
Reasons include fear of side effects, costs, misunderstanding of the need for medications
FDA Approves Yondelis for Soft-Tissue Sarcoma
Drug sanctioned for liposarcoma or leiomyosarcoma
High-Dose Metformin Linked to Increases in Child Height
Dose-response relationship between metformin use and increases in height in children, teens
Many Doctors Inconsistent With HPV Vaccine Recommendations
Sizeable minority does not strongly endorse vaccination nor deliver timely recommendations
Nicotinamide Could Protect Against Some Skin Cancers
High-risk patients who took nicotinamide daily developed fewer non-melanoma lesions
FDA Approves Coagadex for Rare Clotting Disorder
First coagulation therapy sanctioned for Factor X deficiency
Low Hep B Vaccine Response Rate Linked to IBD Treatment
Treatment with infliximab and/or azathioprine associated with weaker response to vaccination
Many Doctors Don’t Explain Stroke, Bleeding Risk in A-Fib
In substantial proportion of patients, primary care physicians did not provide stroke or bleeding risk
